Tool

ExtractMachO

ExtractMachO is an IDA plugin that extracts Mach-O binaries found in a disassembly. It supports 32-bit and 64-bit images, fat binaries, and Intel, PowerPC, and ARM. Version 1.1 was tested with IDA 6.3 on Mac OS X.

Targets: Binary
Category: Native analysis tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 61
Last commit: 2019-05-09
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Place the cursor on a Mach-O start to dump that image, or let the plugin search the whole database. The magic values it recognizes are 0xFEEDFACE and 0xFEEDFACF.
The OS X build uses the Makefile or the Xcode project.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{extractmacho,
  title = {{ExtractMachO}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO}},
  url = {https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/extractmacho/}}
}

Plain text

ExtractMachO. https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/extractmacho/

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README GitHub · gdbinit/ExtractMachO · Revision 0ee718a